Cedar County has over three dozen bridges in need of repair
Deanna Anderson
HARTINGTON — Over two dozen Cedar County bridges have been classified as structurally deficient.
Highway Supt. Carla Schmidt met with Cedar County Commissioners Nov. 14 and gave them a print-out showing the definitions of three types of bridges in Cedar County: fracture critical, scour critical and structurally deficient.
A “fracture critical bridge” is defined by the Federal Highway Administration as a steel member in tension, or with a tension element, where the failure would probably cause a portion or the entire bridge to collapse.
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